Daniel, who died from a head injury in March 2012, had been starved and beaten by his mother and her partner, who were convicted of his murder last week.
Concerns were raised during their trial that professionals who had regular contact with the four-year-old failed to act on signs he was being abused.
It has now emerged that the investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death is using new techniques to investigate whether anything went wrong and, if so, how to ensure it does not happen again.
A spokesman for Coventry Council told CYP Now that the city’s Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) has incorporated elements of the “systems approach” serious case review method, alongside the more traditional process.
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